Elena Pacetti

Elena Pacetti is Researcher and Assistant Professor in Didactic and Special Pedagogy at the Department of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Bologna, where she teaches “General Education and Educational Technologies”. She is involved in several research projects about ICT in education, inclusive school, children and citizenship education in Italy and abroad (in Palestine, El Salvador, and in European networks). Her research fields are concentrated in ICT in everyday life (especially informal learning and digital media); didactic innovation and ICT; socio-constructivist learning and social networking (also in a gender perspective); e-learning environments; community education. Since 2009 she has been member of CSGE, Study Centre of Gender and Education, Department of Education, University of Bologna. From 2011 she is member of Editorial Board of the University of Bologna Open Access International Scientific Journal RPD - Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica - Journal of Theories and Research in Education.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements
Paolo M. Pumilia-Gnarini, Elena Favaron, Elena Pacetti, Jonathan Bishop, Luigi Guerra. © 2013. 829 pages.
Recently there has been a growing wave of local initiatives in support of their public schools. Teachers and communities together have been playing an active role in the...